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State Foodborne Illness Surveillance and Response Laws: Compilation and Analysis
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Foodborne illnesses sicken 48 million and kill 3,000 Americans every year, presenting an enduring threat to the public’s health. In just the past three years alone, the United States has experienced at least four major multistate outbreaks in food.… read more… illness pose a particular public health challenge due in part to the widely variable laws governing foodborne … foodborne disease surveillance and outbreak response for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by creating a … illness pose a particular public health challenge due in part to the widely variable laws governing foodborne … -
Leveraging the Laboratory Response Network: A Step Toward Implementing IHR (2005)
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In 1969, the Twenty-Second World Health Assembly revised and consolidated the International Sanitary Regulations into what is known today as the International Health Regulations (IHR). The IHR promote a global collaboration to prepare for, respond… read more… the increasing threat of emerging infectious disease due to globalization and urbanization. 195 State Parties … network of laboratories that are capable of an all-hazard response to a variety public health threats. … the increasing threat of emerging infectious disease due to globalization and urbanization. 195 State Parties …